12198537

Notification System, Vehicle Transportation System, and Computer Program

PublishedJanuary 14, 2025
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1. A notification system communicable with an outside, the notification system comprising: a notification device including at least one of a lamp, a speaker, or a display, the at least one of the lamp, the speaker, or the display being configured to, based on a notification instruction from the outside, notify surroundings that a transportation work of a vehicle is performed by a third party who has obtained permission, when the transportation work is performed by a vehicle transportation device able to perform autonomous traveling, wherein the notification device is mounted on an infrastructure facility in a vicinity of the vehicle or a transportation work point of the vehicle.

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2. The notification system according to claim 1, further comprising: a terminal configured to communicate with the outside; and a processor configured to cause the notification device to perform notification when the notification instruction is received from the outside via the terminal, wherein the at least one of the lamp, the speaker, or the display is configured to perform the notification to the surroundings by light, sound, an image, or a combination of the light, the sound, and the image.

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3. A vehicle transportation system, comprising: a terminal associated with a vehicle; a vehicle transportation device that is configured to transport the vehicle by autonomous traveling; a notification system including at least one of a lamp, a speaker, or a display, the at least one of the lamp, the speaker, or the display being configured to perform notification to surroundings; and a server configured to communicate with each of the terminal, the vehicle transportation device, and the notification system, and transmit a notification instruction signal to the notification system when the server receives, from the vehicle transportation device, a transportation preparation completion signal indicating that preparation for starting a transportation work of the vehicle is completed, the notification instruction signal being a signal for instructing to notify the surroundings that the transportation work of the vehicle by the vehicle transportation device is performed by a third party who has obtained permission, wherein the notification system is mounted on an infrastructure facility in a vicinity of the vehicle or a transportation work point of the vehicle.

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4. The vehicle transportation system according to claim 3, wherein: the server is configured to transmit a transportation instruction of the vehicle to the vehicle transportation device when the server receives a transportation request of the vehicle from the terminal; and the vehicle transportation device is configured to move toward the vehicle when the vehicle transportation device receives the transportation instruction, and transmit the transportation preparation completion signal to the server when the vehicle is found.

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5. The vehicle transportation system according to claim 3, wherein the notification system includes: a terminal configured to communicate with the server, the at least one of the lamp, the speaker, or the display configured to perform the notification to the surroundings by light, sound, an image, or a combination of the light, the sound, and the image, and a processor configured to cause the at least one of the lamp, the speaker, or the display to perform the notification when the notification system receives the notification instruction signal from the server via the terminal.

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6. A non-transitory storage medium that stores a computer program for causing, when executed by a notification system, the notification system to execute: communicating with an outside; and performing notification to surroundings, based on a notification instruction from the outside, that a transportation work of a vehicle is performed by a third party who has obtained permission, when the transportation work is performed by a vehicle transportation device able to perform autonomous traveling, wherein the notification system is mounted on an infrastructure facility in a vicinity of the vehicle or a transportation work point of the vehicle.

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January 14, 2025

Inventors

Masayuki ITOH
Iwao MAEDA
Tatsuya SUGANO
Norinao WATANABE
Yutaka NAKAMURA
Yoshikazu JIKUHARA
Yuki NISHIKAWA

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